I am at my parents house (San Francisco) for the holidays and headed back to Los Angeles tomorrow morning. I read about this park on the forum..

Is it worth it to stop for a visit in Prusch Park in December? Should I wait for my next visit, when foliage and tasting opportunities may be available?

I usually take a different route but it's not terribly out of the way but of course, on any 6 hour drive, you just want to get home, avoid as much traffic as possible and minimize stops.

It's a pretty park. Too bad you can't come January 9th! That's when the local CRFG chapter has its scion exchange there, including fig cuttings. 

I went there earlier this year when the trees were loaded with unripe figs. There's a good number of fig trees there, but most aren't labeled and when dormant, it would be hard to know what's what. A tree map isn't available either, unfortunately, which I couldn't resist asking about. Most of the figs are in the designated fig orchard, but there were one or two Panaches scattered in the main area near the entrance. 

There are other orchards (apples, and so on), and a farm area for kids and families to enjoy, with animals one can feed, pet, and photograph.

It's a nice park, but at this time of year you'll likely only see trees out of leaf. The figs are not marked aside from the stray tag that may or may not still be attached to a few of the trees. I'd wait for summer to check the place out. Mid August will probably by your best shot at tasting some of the figs. I've been there at the end of September and there were very few figs remaining on any of the trees.

From what I hear, Bourjasotte Grise fig tree is there! Take a few cuttings! That's a good fig.

Sure, PM your email address and I'll email you the flier. I'm a member of this chapter and plan to attend if I have time. It would be my first scion exchange if I'm able to make it! In addition to figs, I hope to get a few varieties of apple, pear, Asian pear, and stone fruit scion for grafting. 

You probably have a local CRFG chapter much closer to you, though! It might not have the Prusch Park offerings, but probably still worth checking out. 

   Sarah,  PM me if you are unable to make the exchange meet, or you strike out finding a desired scion there...  several of us are meeting at the Sac exchange on the 17th and Harvey tells us that their are different scion brought to the various locations, so we can keep an eye out for a specific cultivar for you.

   Blue

Blue, thank you very much for your kind offer! I may take you up on that. If I do end up going, I'd be happy to do the same for you! PM me your list and if I go I could keep a lookout for varieties you might not find at the Sac exchange. 

Work will dictate if I can go or not, but now I've told my folks about it... They never knew about this type of event near them, and apparently it would be very terrible of me if I didn't go, and bring my dad as well! lol. He imparted the joys (and the weeding) inherent in gardening to all of his kids. 

A whole dime?! You got paid more than I did. I received my first and terrible lesson in the importance of reading a contract before you sign it when it comes to weeding. When I was a kid, my dad drafted a contract of allowance money in exchange for chores done around the house -- weeding the garden was 25 cents an hour, dishes 10 cents per meal, and so on.... lol. 

Luckily no lawyers came after me when I tore up the contract a couple weeks later! ;)